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Climate Engineering Is Doable, as Long as We Never Stop

Wired: New research indicates that hacking the atmosphere -- pumping microscopic particles into the stratosphere or clouds to block sunlight and offset global warming caused by greenhouse gases -- is imminently possible. The problem is we could never, ever stop doing it.

Posted by Physics Today on July 25, 2007 11:09 AM |

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